How does a birthday holiday work?

General_Grant

Slightly off topic ... but
I've been really surprised to find that "birthday day off" seems to be known quite widely.  In all my working life I have never come across the custom despite working in private, public and third sector organisations.

Spendless

General_Grant said:

Slightly off topic ... but
I've been really surprised to find that "birthday day off" seems to be known quite widely.  In all my working life I have never come across the custom despite working in private, public and third sector organisations.

I've spent 2 decades doing  temping agency work so it wasn't relevant but previous to that I'd never come across it.  

SadieO

I'd never heard of it before this thread either, which is why I have commented that is seems unnecessarily convulted to me, when you could just give everyone an additional day off to use when they like. I guess if you are used to it then it might not seem so odd? I wonder is it a private sector thing? I have always worked in public sector jobs which, to be fair, tend to be quite generous with holidays (less so with pay, one might argue..!)

Spendless

SadieO said:

I'd never heard of it before this thread either, which is why I have commented that is seems unnecessarily convulted to me, when you could just give everyone an additional day off to use when they like. I guess if you are used to it then it might not seem so odd? I wonder is it a private sector thing? I have always worked in public sector jobs which, to be fair, tend to be quite generous with holidays (less so with pay, one might argue..!)

I agree with you. If you have to have your birthday off (unless it falls on a non working day) then how many of us want a random midweek day off, especially if you're not fond of your birthday month. My Mum's is early Jan, she's always said she'd prefer it to be in a warmer month. I've already got BH and an extended Xmas shutdown where I have to take hols, I'd prefer the birthday date not to be another controlled when I have it date.